Food Writing

About These Essays and Food Writing

The essays and other writing you'll find in this section of savannahfoodie.com contain both original and previously published stories of site owner Tim Rutherford, as well as submissions from his foodie friends and visitors to savannahfoodie.com.

Have some prose of your own you'd like to submit? Click the Contact link and send Tim e-mail with your essay as a Microsoft Word attachment. He doesn't pay, but you'll have the thrill of seeing your stuff online, get feedback on your writing from Tim and other foodies, and have a forum in which to share your food stories.

I Tricked Out My Weber For Independence Day

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Let's face it: Smoking meats on a gas grill or one of those cheap charcoal smokers is a downer. I love my Weber One-Touch Gold Kettle. There's plenty of grilling surface on this 22.5 inch model, the ash catcher makes clean up a snap and the flip up grill grate allows ...

Damon Fowler’s ‘The Savannah Cookbook’ reveals the best recipes of the city’s most talented hosts

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Cook Like A Savannah Native, Eat Like An Honored Guest Damon Lee Fowler is so enamored of Southern food and its heritage that he left a career in architecture to pursue the grits trail that meanders through the kitchens and dining rooms of the region. The journey resulted in five critically ...

In the Beginning

Monday, September 17th, 2007

By Tim Rutherford I wanted this first essay to be a new piece of writing. I labored for days trying to wrap my mind about where to begin. I could set the piece in today’s time or, ...